MK
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
German racecar driver
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
19 March 1970(Reutlingen)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Kimiko Date-Krumm
The details
Biography
Introduction
Michael Krumm (born 19 March 1970) is a German professional racing driver who won the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship driving for JR Motorsports.
Biography
Born in Reutlingen, Krumm married Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date on 1 December 2001 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo. They divorced on September 26th, 2016.
Career
Krumm during the 2007 Formula Nippon season.
- 1984 Karting
- 1988 German Formula Ford, one win
- 1989 German Formula Ford Champion, three wins
- 1990 German Formula Opel Lotus champion
- 1991 Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries
- 1992 German Formula Three, one win
- 1993 German Formula Three, four wins
- 1994 Japanese Formula Three champion, six wins
- 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship, 1 win, Formula Nippon & All-Japan GT
- 1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship, 1 win, Formula Nippon & Japanese Touring Car Championship, 3rd
- 1997 All-Japan GT champion & Japanese Touring Car Championship 3rd, one win
- 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup & 5th at Le Mans (Nissan R390 GT1)
- 1999 All-Japan GT; Formula Nippon & No Finish at Le Mans (Nissan R391)
- 2000 All-Japan GT & Formula Nippon 2nd
- 2001 CART (Dale Coyne Racing, 2 races); Formula Nippon & All-Japan GT, 1 win
- 2002 All-Japan GT & 3rd at Le Mans, (Audi R8)
- 2003 All-Japan GT champion
- 2004 All-Japan GT, one win
- 2005 Super GT; Le Mans (Dallara SP1, did not finish)
- 2006 Super GT
- 2007 Super GT & Formula Nippon
- 2008 Super GT
- 2009 Le Mans Series (Kolles, 1 race) & FIA GT Championship (NISMO/Gigawave, 4 races)
- 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship (Nissan GT-R)
- 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship (Nissan GT-R) Drivers Champion
- 2012 Super GT
- 2013 Super GT
- 2014 Super GT
- 2015 Super GT
Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Dome | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ 4 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 15 | 11th | 3 |
| 1995 | Stellar International | SUZ | FUJ | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | TOK 7 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 7 | NC | 0 | |
| 1996 | Stellar | SUZ 4 | MIN 6 | FUJ 11 | TOK 16 | SUZ 11 | SUG 9 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ Ret | 15th | 4 |
| 1997 | Stellar | SUZ Ret | MIN 13 | FUJ Ret | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | 11th | 7 | |||
| Team LeMans | MOT 6 | FUJ | |||||||||||
| Team Cerumo | SUZ 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ | MOT 5 | MIN Ret | FUJ 3 | SUZ 11 | SUG 4 | FUJ 9 | MIN 4 | MOT Ret | SUZ 2 | 5th | 18 |
| 2000 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ 2 | MOT 2 | MIN 2 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 3 | SUG 5 | MOT 2 | FUJ 5 | MIN Ret | SUZ 4 | 2nd | 35 |
| 2001 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ Ret | MOT 4 | MIN 4 | FUJ 2 | SUZ Ret | SUG 6 | FUJ 3 | MIN Ret | MOT 7 | SUZ 4 | 7th | 20 |
| 2002 | Team Impul | SUZ 7 | FUJ 7 | MIN | SUZ | MOT | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | Team Impul | FUJ 6 | SUZ 7 | MOT 7 | OKA 8 | SUZ 5 | FUJ Ret | SUG Ret | MOT 15 | SUZ Ret | 10th | 12 |
Complete JGTC/Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Supra | GT1 | SUZ 6 | FUJ 6 | SEN 1 | FUJ Ret | SUG 7 | MIN 4 | 5th | 46 | |||
| 1996 | Taku Motorsport | Porsche 911 | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ Ret | SUG | MIN | NC | 0 | |||
| 1997 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 14 | FUJ 3 | SEN 1 | FUJ 2 | MIN 1 | SUG 15 | 1st | 67 | |||
| 1998 | Impul | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ C | SEN | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUG | NC | 0 | ||
| 1999 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ 5 | FUJ | SUG 9 | MIN 12 | FUJ 12 | TAI 2 | MOT 2 | 6th | 40 | ||
| 2000 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | MOT 6 | FUJ 2 | SUG 11 | FUJ 6 | TAI 11 | MIN Ret | SUZ 4 | 8th | 37 | ||
| 2001 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | TAI 4 | FUJ 3 | SUG Ret | FUJ 1 | MOT 10 | SUZ 8 | MIN 6 | 5th | 52 | ||
| 2002 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | TAI 11 | FUJ 7 | SUG 7 | SEP 4 | FUJ 2 | MOT 10 | MIN 2 | SUZ Ret | 8th | 51 | |
| 2003 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | TAI 2 | FUJ 4 | SUG 3 | FUJ 5 | FUJ 2 | MOT 11 | AUT 5 | SUZ 3 | 1st | 86 | |
| 2004 | NISMO | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | TAI 9 | SUG Ret | SEP 6 | TOK 1 | MOT 8 | AUT 9 | SUZ Ret | 9th | 39 | ||
| 2005 | NISMO | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | OKA 12 | FUJ 2 | SEP 6 | SUG 7 | MOT 4 | FUJ 9 | AUT 2 | SUZ 8 | 5th | 57 | |
| 2006 | NISMO | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | SUZ 12 | OKA 3 | FUJ 9 | SEP 2 | SUG 3 | SUZ 2 | MOT 10 | AUT 6 | FUJ 6 | 4th | 75 |
| 2007 | NISMO | Nissan Fairlady Z | GT500 | SUZ 5 | OKA 3 | FUJ 2 | SEP 10 | SUG Ret | SUZ 6 | MOT 2 | AUT 4 | FUJ 9 | 5th | 63 |
| 2008 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | SUZ 2 | OKA 15 | FUJ 12 | SEP 2 | SUG 13 | SUZ 4 | MOT 7 | AUT 5 | FUJ 11 | 7th | 57 |
| 2009 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA | SUZ | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 6 | FUJ | AUT | MOT | 18th | 5 |
| 2012 | NISMO | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 4 | FUJ 3 | SEP 7 | SUG Ret | SUZ 5 | FUJ 11 | AUT 6 | MOT 6 | 8th | 40 | |
| 2013 | Kondo Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 13 | FUJ 12 | SEP 13 | SUG 5 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 10 | AUT 6 | MOT 9 | 13th | 14 | |
| 2014 | Kondo Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA 12 | FUJ 4 | AUT 13 | SUG 10 | FUJ 15 | SUZ 9 | BUR 2 | MOT 4 | 10th | 35 | |
| 2015 | Kondo Racing | Nissan GT-R | GT500 | OKA | FUJ | CHA | FUJ 1 | SUZ 13 | SUG 3 | AUT 15 | MOT 12 | 10th | 31 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |  Nissan Motorsports TWR |  John Nielsen Franck Lagorce | Nissan R390 GT1 | GT1 | 342 | 5th | 5th |
| 1999 | Nissan Motorsports | Satoshi Motoyama Érik Comas | Nissan R391 | LMP | 110 | DNF | DNF |
| 2002 |  Audi Sport Team Joest | Marco Werner Philipp Peter | Audi R8 | LMP900 | 372 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2005 | Rollcentre Racing | Bobby Verdon-Roe Harold Primat | Dallara SP1-Nissan | LMP1 | 133 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 |  Highcroft Racing | Marino Franchitti Satoshi Motoyama | DeltaWing-Nissan | UNC | 75 | DNF | DNF |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport | Jann Mardenborough Lucas Ordóñez | Zytek Z11SN - Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | 9th | 3rd |
| 2015 | Nissan Motorsports | Harry Tincknell Alex Buncombe | Nissan GT-R LM Nismo | LMP1 | 242 | NC | NC |
American open-wheel racing results
(key)
CART
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Dale Coyne Racing |  MTY Ret | LBH 15 | TXS | NZR | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE |  TOR | MIS | CHI | MDO | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LS |  SRF | FON | 31st | 0 |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sumo Power GT | Nissan | ABU QR 11 | ABU CR 16 | SIL QR 8 | SIL CR Ret | BRN QR 3 | BRN CR 3 | PRI QR 9 | PRI CR 2 | SPA QR 8 | SPA CR Ret | NÜR QR Ret | NÜR CR 15 | ALG QR 1 | ALG CR 4 | NAV QR 16 | NAV CR Ret | INT QR 2 | INT CR 6 | SAN QR 6 | SAN CR Ret | 9th | 71 |
| 2011 | JR Motorsports | Nissan | ABU QR 3 | ABU CR 14 | ZOL QR 7 | ZOL CR 9 | ALG QR 2 | ALG CR 1 | SAC QR 11 | SAC CR 9 | SIL QR 2 | SIL CR 1 | NAV QR 9 | NAV CR 6 | PRI QR 1 | PRI CR 1 | ORD QR 11 | ORD CR 9 | BEI QR 4 | BEI CR 3 | SAN QR 2 | SAN CR Ret | 1st | 137 |